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LEO EHRLIOH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPR-CUTTER.

BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,073, datedSeptember 25, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, LEO EHRLICH, of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inPaperOutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to theaccompanying` drawings, forming`part of this specilieation, and in whichlo Figure I is a side elevationof my improved paper-cutter. Fig. II is an end view. Fig. III is an endview of a modification.

My invention relates t0 an improvement in paper-cutters; and it consistsin features ofnovelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claims.

Referring,` to the drawings, l represents a suitable base, and 2 ends orstandards which are secured to the base in which the roller l0 2o isjournaled, and which are provided with lugs 3, as shown.

4 represents a knife, having ends 5 preferably formed in one piece withthe knife, and which fit against the standards 2, and are held in placeby the Iues 3, which embrace them, but in which they fit loosely, so asto allow the knife to fall by gravity as the paper is removed, and toallow the knife to be lifted out for the purpose of sharpening` it orreplacing 3o it by another. The knife rests upon the roll of paper, andas the paper is removed it automatically feeds or moves downward by itsown weight, thus producing` a cheap and effective machine. By formingthe ends 5 in one part y with the blade no joint has to be made betweenthem and the blade, but all that is necessary to do is to bend theextremities of the blade to form the ends.

In Fig. III, I have shown a modification, where the lugs 3 consist ofrollers journaled to to the ends or standards 2, and which arepreferably plaeed in the form of a triangle, and are preferably arrangedto throw the knife at an inclination, as shown.

I claim as my invention-u 1. In a paper-cutter, the combination of theends in which the roller isjournaled and which are provided with anupper and lower series of lugs, and a knife having ends and moving inthe lugs, substantially as and for the pur- 5o pose set forth.

2. In a papercutter, the combination of the ends forming asupport forthe roller and having` lugs, and the knife movably and removably seeuredto the ends by tting between said lugs, so as to move by gravity as thepaper is taken from the roller, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

LEO EHRLIOH.

In presence of GEO. H. KNIGHT, EDWD. S. KNIGHT.

